I haven’t done much hand knitting since I bought my knitting machine in 2020. But last winter, inspired by the projects being shared in the PJ Discord group, I got the itch to pick up the needles again. Knitting is such a relaxing pastime for me, and I’ve missed it! Crocheting larger things with repetitive […]

The first sweater I knitted for Maggie on my knitting machine has been a huge success – the only real problem is that, with 3 snowy walks each day, I need at least 3 sweaters in rotation so I always have one dry and ready for her next walk! I vaguely remember these days before […]

After the success of my first big machine knitting project, I wanted to try something smaller so it wouldn’t take as much energy to knit, and now I have Maggie I finally have a small recipient to knit for! (You may think machine knitting sounds easy and automated, but there’s a lot to it: pushing […]

This is my first FO of the year, and I’m completely thrilled by it! It’s a combination of machine and hand knitting, and to explain how that came about, let’s start with some backstory… Despite having filled my wardrobe with handknits, I haven’t finished knitting a sweater for over a year now. With hindsight, I […]

Well yes, I seem to have picked up another new fibre-crafting hobby! A few weeks ago, I somehow ended up on Facebook Marketplace, and noticed someone in my neighbourhood was selling something called the Ultimate Sweater Machine… It’s the ultimate! I mean, how could I pass that up?! It even has the prestigious “As Seen […]

After ‘graduating’ from my long term project to teach myself to knit through designing and making 12 sweaters, I wasn’t at all bored with sweater knitting, so my next project was bound to be… yep, another sweater to add to the pile! As soon as I arrived back in Canada I loaded up on Michael’s […]